96 ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Sec. 1956. No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur 

 seal, or other fur-bcariug- animal, witliin the limits of Alaska Territory, 

 or in the waters thereof; and every person guilty thereof shall, for each 

 ofi'ense, be fined not less than two liundred dollars nor more than one 

 thousand dollars, or imprisonment not more than six months, or both; 

 and all vessels, their tackle, ap])arel, furniture, and cargo, found engaged 

 in violation of this section sliall be forfeited. But the Secretary of the 

 Treasury shall have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, 

 marten, sable, or other fur-bearing animal, except fur seals, under such 

 regulations as he may i)rescribe; and it shall be tlie duty of the Secre- 

 tary to prevent the killing of any fur seal and to i)r<)vide for the execu- 

 tion of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by 

 law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section. 



Sec. 1957. Until otherwise provided by law, all violations of this 

 chapter and of the several laws hereby extended to the Territory of 

 Alaska and the waters thereof committed witliin limits of the same 

 shall be prosec^uted in any district court of the United States in Cali- 

 fornia or Oregon, or in the district courts of Washington; and the col- 

 lector and deputy collectors api^ointed for Alaska Territory, and any 

 person authorized in writing by either of them, or by the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, shall have-power to arrest persons and seize vessels and 

 merchandise liable to fines, penalties, or forfeitures under this and the 

 other laws extended over the Territory, and to keep and deliver the 

 same to the marshal of some one of such courts; and such courts sliall 

 have original jurisdiction, and may take cognizance of all cases arising 

 under this act and the several laws hereby extended over the Territory, 

 and shall proceed therein in the same manner and with the like eft'ect 

 as if such cases had arisen within the district or teriitory where the 

 proceedings are brought. 



Sec. 1958. In all cases of fine, penalty, or forfeiture eml)raced in the 

 act approved the third March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 

 seven, chapter thirteen, or mentioned in any act in addition to or 

 amendatory of such act, that have occurred or may occur in tiie collec- 

 tion district of Alaska, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, if, 

 in his opinion, the fine, jienalty, or forfeiture was incurred without will- 

 ful negligence or intention of fraud, to ascertain the facts in such man- 

 ner and under such regulations as he may deem proper without regard 

 to the i^rovisions of the act above referred to; and upon the facts so to 

 be ascertained he may exercise all the power of remission conferred 

 upon him by that act, as fully as he might have done had such facts 

 been ascertained under and according to the provisions of that act. 



Sec. 1959. The islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, in Alaska, 

 are declared a special reservation fi)r Government purposes, and until 

 otherwise provided by law it shall be unlawful for any person to land 

 or remain on either of those ishnuls, excei)t by the authority of the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury, and any iierson found on either of those islands, 

 contrary to the provisions hereof, shall be summarily removed; and it 

 shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to carry this section into ef- 

 fect. 



Sec. 1900. It shall be unlawful to kill any fur seal upon the islands 

 of Saint Paul and Saint George, or in the waters adjacent thereto, ex- 

 cept during the months of June, July, September, and October in each 

 year; and it shall be unlawful to kill such seals at any time by the use 

 of firearms, or by other means tending to drive the seals away from 

 those islands, but the natives of the islands shall have the privilege of 

 killing such young seals as may be necessary for their own food and 



